Cynthia Dill on Civil Rights

Close the gender pay gap

To support working women and their families, we must close the gender pay gap and seriously address the poverty rate among women and children. Laws that affect the jobs and pocket books of women and their families include those regarding minimum wage,
family leave, child care, collective bargaining and gender discrimination.

The average female full-time worker still makes 77 cents for every $1 a man does at the same job. The gap improves to 87 cents for women in unions.

Source: 2012 Senate campaign website, cynthiadill.com
, May 31, 2012

Legalize marriage equality

As a member of the Maine House, I was proud to vote for the law making Maine the first state in the region to legalize marriage equality. And I will work to ensure passage of the measure at the ballot box this November.

Whatever one's views on homosexuality, Mainers are fair-minded people who "live and let live." None of us should tolerate measures that prohibit their pursuit of happiness or equal protection under the law.